earlier it's better late than never so this is the last straw but how do you see the chances of an e.u. wide embargo arms embargo against saudi arabia after all roughly half of the e.u. countries export weapons to saudi arabia i think that the size if war use. would be france because more than four fifth of the european arms exports to saudi arabia come from france so the french government. remembers the ideals of the french revolution and stands up for them i think the rest of europe would certainly follow suit and i think it is. the high representative and vice president look at the need to put this on the agenda and to initiate the proceedings with the particular thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the united nations human rights committee has ordered france to review legislation banning the the cop that is the full body islamic veil it follows complaints by two french women who were convicted in two thousand and twelve the committee found that the law disproportionately harmed their right to practice their religion u.s. n

year dying premature deaths because of particulate pollution auto emissions contribute to that and e.u. wide limits have been in force since two thousand and eight but hardly anyone's enforce them yet the auto industry is far too important an employer especially in germany now the wind has changed brussels is now insisting that emissions limits be effectively enforced pressuring governments and automakers alike but the question is whether these diesel bound spark a concerted shift towards electric vehicles and other canal turn it in as. the international monetary fund has cut its global growth forecast for this year and next its sights higher interest rates and trade tensions a myth believes the tough spat between the united states and china could hotel their economies around the world another source of concern is rising debt you can see the trend here in the last decade average national debt has risen from around a third of course domestic product to more than haas the effects of likely to be felt most in emerging markets where borrowing tends to be especially high. the i.m.f. has also down

year dying premature deaths because of particulate pollution auto emissions contribute to that and e.u. wide limits have been in force since two thousand and eight but hardly anyone's inforce them yet the auto industry is far too important an employer especially in germany now the wind has changed brussels is now insisting that emissions limits be effectively enforced pressuring governments and automakers alike but so far there's no answer to the conundrum assume how fossil fuel driven cars can be made and driven also improving air quality. turkey is among those countries for which the i.m.f. as its growth focus today so his day it helps fifty three percent of gross domestic product and inflation is rising faster than at any time in president richard tire bad ones fifteen year old with the lira tanking and inflation soaring instead of one has now told over one hundred companies to justify recent price increases they've made with a view to imposing fines on what he calls opportunists. and a german search engine that donates most of its profits to conservation efforts is offered to buy a fores

which shows four hundred thousand europeans a year dying primitive deaths because of auto emissions e.u. wide limits have been in force since two thousand and eight but hardly anyone's inforce the me at the auto industry is far too important an employer especially in germany now the wind has changed brussels is insisting that emissions limits are effectively enforced pressuring governments and automakers alike but so far there's no answer to the conundrum about how fossil fuel driven cars can be made and driven also improving air quality. if you want more i can highly recommend our social media feeds. the i'm. above. above. nature the smashing. the last of the reigning champions. league. moments a little stunning. literally. swimming in garbage and it gets worse every year. millions of plastic particles are polluting the seabed in the arctic ocean. but. in this remote region of the world. researchers from germany are trying to get to the bottom of this mr. carro. d.w. . they make a commitment. they find solutions. they inspire. africa on the move. stories about people making a difference in s

on wednesday the european parliament is set to vote on an e.u. wide ban on cotton buds strolls and other plastic disposables and an effort to protect marine life the plan would include was cycling quotas for plastic bottles and fishing nets for example the use environment committee wants to see the list of prohibited products extended to include lightweight carrier bags with just seen and . takeaway boxes pending approval from parliament european commission and the e.u. member nations the bans could come into force by twenty twenty one. but will they so let's bring in. brussels who is following this story for us max how likely is it that this ban will come into force. first of all the parliament has to approve it which will probably do within the hour the majority to do this is there as you just mentioned there's still some haggling going on which items should be included on the list for that band for example those very lightweight plastic bags that you used to pack up apples for some for example in the supermarket also cigarette filters that can do h

murder i mean he's also voted overwhelmingly in favor of a unified move by the block to impose an e.u. wide arms embargo on saudi arabia the resolution is non-binding. and also in straws burge the european union has awarded its top human rights prize to a ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in russia since two thousand and fifteen all accent self was jailed for conspiring to commit acts of terrorism charges he denies russia has described the decision to give him the award as quote absolutely politicized. all the accents off as one of the most vocal critics of russia's involvement in ukraine and it's an extension of his native crimea the forty two year old filmmaker was on hunger strike until just recently refusing food for one hundred forty five days a protest to demand the release of all ukrainian prisoners held by russia. announcing sense of as the award recipient the head of the european parliament praised his courage and determination. by awarding him this prize the european parliament is expressing its solidarity with him and his cause we demand that all the exit solve he was arrested in tw

which shows four hundred thousand europeans a year dying primitive deaths because of auto emissions e.u. wide limits have been in force since two thousand and eight but hardly anyone's inforce the me at the auto industry is far too important an employer especially in germany. no the wind just changed brussels is insisting that emissions limits are effectively enforced pressuring governments aren't all to make is a like but so far there's no answer to the conundrum about how fossil fuel driven cuz can be made and driven whilst also improving quality. the international monetary fund has cut its global growth forecast for this year and next one major reason for the move is the rise in trade disputes the i.m.f. believes the tit for tat trip tariffs between the united states and china could have a contagion effect on economies around the world another source of concern is rising debt you can see the trend here in the last decade average national debt has risen from around a third of g.d.p. to more than half. the facts are likely to be felt most in emerging markets or borrowing tends to be particul

which shows four hundred thousand europeans a year dying primitive deaths because of auto emissions e.u. wide limits have been in force since two thousand and eight but hardly anyone's inforce the me at the auto industry is far too important an employer especially in germany. no the wind just changed brussels is insisting that emissions limits are effectively enforced pressuring governments on dollar to make is a like but so far there's no answer to the conundrum about how fossil fuel driven cars can be made and driven whilst also improving quality. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you in this hour turkey. consulate in istanbul for a missing journal the united nations has called for an investigation into his disappearance turkish officials believe he was murdered inside the building a week ago saudi arabia denies the claim and the ball gary and police have detained a romanian man as they investigate the rape and murder of a journalist authorities say they are checking his alibi but he is not a concrete suspect european commission has called for a thorough probe into the p

on wednesday the european parliament set to vote on an e.u. wide ban on cotton buds strollers and other plastic disposables in an effort to protect marine life the plan would include recycling quotas for plastic bottles and fishing nets use environment committee wants to see the list of prohibited products it's tended to include lightweight carrier bags and for the strain take away books spending approval from parliament european commission and e.u. member nations the ban could come into force in twenty twenty one. that's all your business is up to date you're watching the news live from berlin there's more news coming on the top of the all out of course you can get all the xmas and information on the folks on the website of course the w dot com thanks for watching. duramax europe's find most popular countries to visit. britain an enchanting little island for young and old. sisco the masses. don't know. the cause of europe every day this week on and off. on top of the romantics on asked g.w. . hosts explore bodies looking back. this weekend is the

year dying premature deaths because of particulate pollution auto emissions contribute to that and e.u. wide limits have been in force since two thousand and eight but hardly anyone's enforce them yet the auto industry is far too important an employer especially in germany now the wind has changed brussels is now insisting that emissions limits be effectively enforced pressuring governments and automakers alike but the question is whether these diesel bound spark a concerted shift towards electric vehicles and other cannot turn into. another bad day for equities the international monetary fund cutting its global growth will cost down from almost four percent to three point seven it cites trade tensions and rising interest rates and coming at an idle meeting of the i.m.f. and world bank in indonesia of all places. the world's financial leaders did not receive an open armed welcome here ten days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit indonesia protesters want their government to focus on helping victims instead of hosting a summit for the business at least. their message didn't go enti

deaths because of auto emissions e.u. wide limits have been in force since two thousand and eight but hardly anyone is in force the me at the also industry has fought so important an employer especially in germany. now the wind just changed brussels is insisting that emissions limits are effectively enforced pressuring governments on dollar to make is a like but so far there's no answer to the conundrum about how fossil fuel driven cars can be made and driven whilst also improving quality. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you this hour the european commission has called for an investigation into the murder of a bulgarian journalist. was beaten raped and strangled reporting on alleged corruption involving a new funds say there is no link so far between her death. and spain's supreme court has found a doctor guilty of stealing a newborn baby and then putting her up for adoption during the franco dictatorship the court ruled the doctor will not face any jail time it's believed tens of thousands of babi

mines day the european parliament voted through an e.u. wide ban on cotton buds strolls and other plastic disposables in an effort to protect marine life the news environment committee wants to see the list of prohibited products extended even further to include light weights carrier bags such as these and. styrene takeaway boxes the plan also includes recycling quotas for plastic bottles and fishing nets pending approval from the european commission member nations it could come into force in twenty twenty one. that's all your business you're watching the news live from berlin there's more news coming at the top of the hour thank you very much for tuning in. germany little rich country in the economy still firing on all cylinders. all is not well with infrastructure and education. struggling schools. housing shortages sluggish broadband expansion luxury crisis or is germany about to miss the progress . made in germany. w. all morose duramax europe's find most popular come face to face it. britain's unchallenging little island for young and old.

parliament has adopted a resolution this week basically yesterday calling for member states to impose an e.u. wide arms embargo but that said there are certain chinks in the consensus the kremlin for example has come out and said that it has no reason to disbelieve the saudi kingdom when it says that the royal family was not involved in the kremlin spokesman dmitri peskov saying that it was inappropriate for journalists to question the official saudi version of events after the kremlin appears to be significant minority all thanks very much. ok let's go to another developing story for you this hour in the u.s. two more prominent public figures have been targeted by a wave of suspicious packages sent through the mail the f.b.i. confirming today a package was intercepted in florida to the u.s. democratic senator cory booker another package has been found at a new york postal center addressed to the former u.s. director of national intelligence james clapper now this makes a total of eleven packages sent to various leading figures many from the democratic party it all started on monday when a bomb wa

that is by creating an integrated e.u.-wide energy market, russia's ability to manipulate prices vis-a-vis one particular country basically goes away. that's what we've been seeing happen, including with the diversification of imports. russia is incorporating the spot price into its contracts for pipe gas. i would say in this context, though, that what we're seeing broadly speaking in this arena -- and this connects to the question about u.s. sanctions on european countries is that with the completion of the pipeline, which may fall under sanctions, which would be the pipeline to germany under the baltic sea, is that russia's long-term project of building pipelines around ukraine will largely be complete. you know, russia's been embarked upon a multibillion dollar endeavor to cut out ukraine as a transit country. this ultimately will in one sense make europe more energy secure, because ukraine will no longer be able to hold the e.u. hostage in the context of their price disputes with russia, which have been the sources of the p

year dying premature deaths because of particulate pollution auto emissions contribute to that and e.u. wide limits have been in force since two thousand and eight but hardly anyone's and force them yet the auto industry is far too important an employer especially in germany now the wind has changed brussels is now insisting that emissions limits be effectively enforced pressuring governments and automakers alike but the question is whether these diesel bound spark a concerted shift towards electric vehicles and other than alternatives. was by capital ala now taking a closer look at china's allegations against the ex head off and to paul that's right turning out to china and the fallout from the weekend disappearance there of the former head of interpol chinese authorities have revealed that man hong weight has been detained and is under investigation for bribery is apparently the latest target of beijing's a sweeping crackdown on corruption here's a timeline of the saga so far. home away went to his homeland china two weeks ago for what was to be a short trip he was last heard from after la

by creating an increasingly integrated e.u.-wide market, russia's ability to manipulate to one country. that's what we have been seeing happen. russia is incorporating the l & g price into its contracts for pipe gas. i would say in this context, though, that what we're seeing broadly speaking in this arena and it connects to that question about u.s. sanctions on european companys is that with the completion of the pipeline which may fall under pipeline ons, the from the peninsula to germany nder the baltic sea, is that russia's long-term project of building pipelines around ukraine and thus no longer being dependent on ukraine for gas transit to europe will largely be complete. russia has been involved in a multibillion dollar endeavor to cut out ukraine as a country. this ultimately will in one sense make europe more energy secure because ukraine will no longer be able to hold the e.u. hostage in the context of the prices but on the other hand it is going to deprive ukraine of significant budget tear evenues which they -- budgetry

e.u. spat with italy over its budget he says officials didn't discuss the matter widely drugs as italy is a fiscal matter not an issue for central bank is but stresses the importance of e.u. regulations. full of hearings to the stability and growth pact is critical for safeguarding sound fiscal positions. structural reforms in your account needs to be substantial. as many companies boycott riyadh's investment conference after the killing of a saudi journalist russia's sovereign wealth fund has announced saudi arabia will become a new partner in the russia china investment fund ria is set to contribute half a billion dollars raising the total capital under management to two and a half he russia china fund was founded six years ago and focuses on economic cooperation between moscow and beijing. twenty years of mass tourism take their toll on one's pristine beaches there is sometimes only one solution shut it all down that's what the philippines government did with its most popular tourist destination of the half a year it's open again we sent our reporter jenelle to milan on a working holida

e.u. over the country's rejected budget mr druggy said easy be the leaders didn't discuss the matter widely and that he personally hoped both sides could find a solution. let's bring in paul bullets at the frankfurt stock exchange. let's talk about italy first of all quite surprising to the not talking all that much about italy considering where mr draghi comes from. yes not just the fact that he's italian also a lot of questions in the question around from journalists about italy and that's of course because there was some expectation that mario draghi and the e.c.b. might in some ways show that they would you know are leaning towards helping italy in some way shape or form but none of none of the sort happened mario draghi said that he personally is confident that an agreement will be found because both sides were seeking a dialogue however this is mainly a fiscal issue and the e.c.b. doesn't deal in fiscal issues it deals in monetary policy and so at this point it's not going to get involved it will however continue to watch the situation continue to watch for possible spillovers should

wide scale poverty watched that happen. welcome to sophie shevardnadze serbia's course of the e.u. integration is impeded once again by simmering tensions with costs of a possible grade going to go around that is to region in any danger well today i talk about that and more with the president of serbia alex on that which. is no longer an enemy of the world twenty years often. the country is on a path towards the e.u. and co-operating with the transatlantic trade but the question of the breakaway province of kosovo is still the result will it keep the golden country from ever integrating into europe. serbia managed to become a part of the list. still keeping traditional toni's in the. present which is welcome to moscow great to have you on our program it's a first very pleased very pleased to be here. my time. so you're here discussing a lot of things with no you see key support and advise on costello you just came from the meeting was president putin what he did why we. discussed whole important issues. on the political scene in the western balkans an entire region of south east so

e.u. to concede two very different points if they put a time limit on the u.k. wide option it becomes a temporary insurance policy that's not much of an insurance policy and also very hard to see if they could see that that they might also concede the northern ireland point it's going to be extremely difficult over the coming days but as i say that no deal scenario is something both sides are keen to avoid and that i think is the best hope they've got of making progress all right thanks so much jonah how there in london. now a second aide worker kidnapped by boko haram in nigeria has been killed after the group's deadline expired the nigerian government says it's shocked by the death of a while in demand the nurse with the international red cross was kidnapped seven months ago in borno state along with two other medical workers it's a year to the day since a massive bomb blast killed a journalist in malta daphne. was investigating corruption in the island's police force government and the bank families demanding a public inquiry into who ordered her death they've par

wide scale poverty watched that happen. welcome to sophie shevardnadze serbia's course of the e.u. integration is impeded once again by simmering tensions with. possible grade going to go around that is to region in any danger well today i talk about that and more with the president of serbia alex on that which. is no longer an enemy of the world twenty. two countries on up towards the e.u. and cooperating with the transatlantic trade but the question of the break believe problems of kosovo is still unresolved will it keep the cold in country from ever integrating into europe. managed to become a part of the west. still keeping traditional tony's. present which is welcome to moscow great to have you on our program it's a first very pleased very pleased to be here. and my time. so you're here discussing a lot of things with you seek he support and advise on costello you just came from the meeting was president putin what he did why. discussed all important issues on the political scene in the western balkans an entire region of south east southeast europe and also we discuss discuss

herzegovina have closed in the states general election the votes widely seen as being a test on whether the country will move towards integration with the e.u. and nato or remain entrenched in warrior ethnic rivalries more than three million people were eligible to vote just a few hours before the polls closed turnout was estimated at almost forty percent the first results are expected later tonight in an election process. that helping branded the most complex in the world. let's go living in the small nation of bosnia and herzegovina the young unemployed and hoping for change. so you drag yourself to the voting booths and that you confronted with what is possibly the longest ballot ever. for a country of just three and a half million this makes little sense until you delve into the complexities of this institutional set up. there with me nothing is ever simple when it comes to bosnia and herzegovina the country with three of these three predominant religion i mean even the warning labels on their cigarette packets come in three languages. let's go back a couple of decades. year after this june hit the airwaves yugoslavia collapsed followin

angle americal and they're saying it will be european wide sanctions and there's no way that france can do slightly less than any other country in the e.u. because it could mean the loss of millions of dollars in sales so the saudis will be worried about that they can write off the coverage of this as hysterical but the simple fact is the death of jamal khashoggi has uncovered a number of fires that perhaps have been burning slowly throughout the world against saudi arabia in the last few years and they aren't going to be very easily by criticizing the media or just hoping that it's going to go away all right thank you very much allan fishman with the latest from istanbul. and now just a quick bit of news helicopter belonging to the owner of les to city football club has crashed in a car park close to the cain power stadium here in the u.k. the identities of the passengers are not yet known the helicopter crashed around an hour after the final whistle of a match between les the city and west ham it's not clear what the cause was but we'll continue to follow this story and bring you more details later in sports where much more still ahea

e.u. spat with italy over its draft budget druggie says officials didn't discuss the matter widely and that he personally hopes both sides can find a solution. now here to talk more about the e.c.v. stance toward italy and its debt is adam tube's history professor at columbia university and author of crashed how a decade of financial crises changed the world this are two as we just heard that the e.c.b. doesn't really want to mix into the italy issue just yet despite market concerns over debts you see it a bit differently don't you well i think we have to be prepared for the fact that if things with italy get serious then the only actor that is capable really of stopping a bull market panic is the e.c.b. but you can also understand why they feel like they want to keep their powder dry until the last moment the last thing they want to be accused of right now is encouraging roman its intransigent opposition to the discipline of the euro zone and its other partners assuming that it's even politically feasible for the e.c.b. to play a more expansive role in italy's fiscal policy and with some o

e.u. of the country's rejected budget mr druggy said e.c.b. leaders didn't discuss the matter widely and that he personally hoped both sides would find a solution. let's bring in pakistan but it's at the frankfurt stock exchange. let's talk about italy first of all quite surprising that they're not talking all that much about italy considering where mr druggy comes from. yes not just the fact that he's italian also a lot of questions in the question around from journalists about italy and that's of course because there was some expectation that tomorrow a drug in the e.c.b. might in some way show they. you know are leaning towards helping in italy in some way shape or form but none of none of the sort happened mario draghi said that he personally is confident that an agreement will be found because both sides were seeking a dialogue however he said this is mainly a fiscal issue and the e.c.b. doesn't deal in fiscal issues and deals in monetary policy and so at this point it's not going to get involved it will however continue to watch the situation continue to watch for possible spil

e.u. emissions tests focus on sales in europe fell almost fifty percent for the month he had cries to and ran also great lines of close to thirty percent the new world wide have a nice life vehicle test became mandatory on september first forcing some comic has to put to the brakes on delivery one awaiting such a case. for more let's cross over to any bob's is standing by for us on the streets of a frank only what caused this dramatic slump in sales how much of that is really down to the new emissions test. i think most is down to the new emissions test when you look at the numbers for the european car sales for january to september they're up by two and a half percent and now suddenly they're down by this huge margin the auto industry says it was just surprised by all the parameters that had to test for all the different models and that now it's just taking huge amounts of time volkswagen c.e.o. have at these said recently they're working at full capacity and more in order to meet these test criteria and why is the test so expensive well test things that weren't tested before it really measures fuel consumption and emissions it's supposed to at least an

wide option of remaining within u.k. structures as an insurance policy if trade talks fail would be time limited that they demand because it limits britain's ability to strike trade deals outside the e.u. so with those two reassurances to probe regs it factions in her cabinet and here in her party she really is i think more likely the not to be set off to brussels over the next couple of days with some sense of unity of a cabinet behind it but it is a fragile unity indeed. all still to come an al-jazeera kidnap nurse is gild by boko haram in nigeria alive. and microsoft co-founder and philanthropist paul allen dies at the age of sixty five we look back at his life. i want to play say because some quotes whether into the southwest of europe over the next day or so but if it's but it's rainy and sunshine the looking for you really need to go to the eastern side of the made it does stay very unsettled for west and possibly have an area of low pressure just around the fos out the east of spain further heavy showers here as we go through the next few days push a little further north as are we had the flooding in the southwest of france you can see slightly clearer skies now coming through

e.u. leaders not giving the benefit of the doubt to anyone here. know the fact they're actually here for the a.t.m. summit it's a wide ranging meeting talking about political economic and social and cultural connections between them at fifty one nations represented and the global reach of this summit covers sixty percent of the world's population is thirty european leaders and some twenty one leaders from asia but underneath all of that the jamal khashoggi controversy the concern about his fate and how he met is likely fate is not going away the pressure is relentless to put that the questions as to saudi arabia as to exactly how jim out disappeared and what's happened to him donald tusk perhaps summarized it best he's the president of the european council when he said we need a fair thought out and transparent in vest a geisha and we spoke to the luxembourg prime minister this morning he said this should be an investigation the first information we have is that is not very positive he said he kind of grimaced as he said it's in the case of just how concerned the leaders are and that the strongest words i think have

e.u. emissions tests and sales in europe fell almost fifty percent compared to last september feared price there were no sort of climbs of closer to thirty percent the new world wide harmonize light vehicle test became mandatory on september the first forcing some manufacturers to put the brakes on the live raise on the way to sort of occasion. or let's talk about those new rules with all the bots out frankfurt man so how much of the slump is down to the new emissions tests all the. i think pretty well most of it up until september that they did which you could only sell these certified cars the car sales in the european union were up by about two and a half percent almost twelve million vehicles sold so it was humming along some countries in the red like italy and some countries doing very well like spain or germany the car markets growing there but now of course the car companies are struggling with the time and effort involved to certify these cars and you can't just sort of find one model like for example the golf folks wagon or the big on that renault have to certify each type of that model with a different engine with a different transmission with different

e.u. isn't budging on a timeframe and it says it wants to see the northern ireland plan as a backstop to the backstop should do u.k. wide plan fail it's complicated stuff take a listen to what she had to say. first the easy says there is not time to work out the details of the su kyi it's a new sion in the next few weeks so even with the progress we have made these still requires a backstop to the backstop effectively an insurance policy for the insurance policy and they want this to be the northern ireland only solution that they had previously proposed we have being clear that we cannot agree to anything that threatens the integrity of our united their. now she insists that lot's of progress has been made that these are essentially technical details but whichever way you look at it mrs very is in a real bind she faces the possibility of resignations from her cabinet because they don't like the way talks are progressing on the u.k. deals he faces the possibility of her democratic unionist partners in northern ireland removing their support from her government because they don't like the idea of northern ireland remaini